alto dos gaios - garrapatas

End of the match! Victory to the visitors in this game. The match ends at 0 - 57.

79

The conversion by is missed, though.

78

really showing his class here with a great pass to send through a gaping hole to score untouched.

77

garrapatas have stolen alto dos gaios's lineout ball! mistimed his jump, and got his hands to it first. Good work by garrapatas at that lineout!

76

garrapatas want to spread the play, so passes to who flicks the ball on to . The alto dos gaios cover has numbered up and makes a solid tackle.

75

It's a scrum to garrapatas. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but garrapatas still win the ball.

74

smashes through 's tackle. He's slowed down just enough though, and finishes the job.

73

with the kick from halfway.. has got his positioning all wrong and takes an easy catch. garrapatas will be on the front foot here.

71

The conversion is missed. The crowd is giving him some flak, he really should have nailed that one.

70

Thats poor passing from garrapatas. chucks a wild one at , all he can do is try to pass on his troubles to , the pass drops short and the alto dos gaios defender spots an opportunity to intercept the ball.. But look at that! The ball takes an outrageous bounce and ends up in the hands of and with his marker looking round in bewilderment for the ball saunters over the line for the five pointer. The alto dos gaios captain is shaking his head in disbelief at the vagaries of this odd shaped ball.

69

takes the kickoff. takes the ball in the air right in front of , who wasn't aggressive enough.

67

had a chance to put two points on the board, but he seemed to hurry his conversion attempt and pushed it wide.

66

Superb work there by forwards and backs alike! sends the ball to who carries it on before passing on to . He spots that he has an overlap outside, draws in a defender and then passes to . There's nobody between him and the try line, and he sprints in for a well-worked try.

65

It's a scrum to garrapatas. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but garrapatas still win the ball.

64

smashes through 's tackle. He's slowed down just enough though, and finishes the job.

63

garrapatas have retained possession as their players were quick and picked up the loose ball. They'll be able to attack again

62

decides to go it alone, but is quickly brought down by . He had men outside if he had just looked up.

61

signals to his forwards to stay behind the ball and sends a hanging kick in their direction. Both and jump for the catch, but both players have misjudged the flight of the ball and it sails over their heads. is the first to react, scooping up the loose ball on the first bounce.

59

The conversion by is missed, though.

58

sidesteps before delivering a picture perfect pass to his left. receives the ball in stride and uses his momentum to run right over . Seeing support on his outside, he unselfishly passes the ball to . With only between him and the try line, out accelerates him to the corner and dives over for the try! What an incredible display of running rugby there!

57

Scrum for alto dos gaios. It's a good feed, but garrapatas put in a mighty shove. They're pushing alto dos gaios off the ball. They've taken one against the head. Fabulous work by the garrapatas front row!

56

powers through the defence. He's caught by a covering tackle and his attempted offload to is misguided.

55

with the kick from halfway.. has got his positioning all wrong and takes an easy catch. garrapatas will be on the front foot here.

53

The conversion is missed. The crowd is giving him some flak, he really should have nailed that one.

52

Great vision by , he spots a slight dog-leg in the defensive line and spins a quick pass to who takes and gives in one movement creating the break for . The cover is drawn in, and a well weighted pass to allows him to cruise over the line for a well deserved five pointer. Even the alto dos gaios fans applaud that piece of quality rugby.

51

It's a scrum, and alto dos gaios are in a bit of trouble here. Their hooker has popped up and garrapatas are driving them off the ball. That's one against the head for garrapatas.

50

can't catch the ball from . Waste of possession, I'd say!

49

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

47

The conversion by is missed.

46

Try time ! A beautiful phase of play from garrapatas. The ball goes from to and on to , who is running in support. There is nothing to stop him as he crashes over the line with a big smile on his face !

45

That's really quick ball from the ruck, garrapatas will be on the front foot here.

44

garrapatas's scrum half dummies to the open-side before switching directions and taking the ball himself. wasn't fooled for a second, and gets no where.

43

That's a safe throw to the front of the lineout for alto dos gaios. At least it was supposed to be, but gets up in front of and steals the ball from right under his nose!

42

runs right at the defense like a wild man. bounces right off him, but manages to bring him down.

41

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

It's not been the best start for the home supporters, but still plenty of time for them to find something to cheer about!

40+2

The conversion by is missed, though.

40+1

Try time ! A beautiful phase of play from garrapatas. The ball goes from to and on to , who is running in support. There is nothing to stop him as he crashes over the line with a big smile on his face !

alto dos gaios are short of defenders on the right, spots the opportunity and sends the ball out to that side. takes the pass, commits the last defender and passes to in acres of space, this should be a simple run in, but for some reason decides to pass to who juggles the ball and drops it and the attack breaks down. If only had looked at what was in front of him, he'd have had an easy run in for a probable 5 points.

38

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

36

The conversion attempt by bounces off the right hand post and goes wide.

35

The crowd are on their feet! gets the ball on the halfway line, and sets off at pace. He hands off with an impressive show of strength, then dodges the tackle of . manages to get a hand to him, but doesn't bring him down. The ball is passed to who throws caution to the wind and pins his ears back as he sprints for the line. is sprinting back to cover, but his diving tackle is weak and swan dives over the line to ground the ball for 5 points. He looks like he's winded himself there, but he's on his feet and grinning like a maniac! I'm sure he'll recover.

34

garrapatas have retained possession as their players were quick and picked up the loose ball. They'll be able to attack again

33

Oh no! There is chaos on the field as the players start a punch up after a high tackle by on . The referee seems happy enough with the challenge though and signals play on. Somebody better tell the players to put their handbags away.

32

Turnover. garrapatas now has possession and the backs are ready for a new attack.

31

garrapatas are being tested here. shows good hands to move the ball from to in one movement, but garrapatas pass the test with flying colours as shoots out of the defensive line to make a crunching tackle!

30

It's a long way out, but points at the posts. He lines the ball up on the tee and sets himself for the kick. Well struck, but the ball drifts just to the left of the posts. He cops some flak from the crowd for that miss. How embarassing - that might teach him not to call his shots in the future.

29

gets penalised for not rolling away. You have to at least make an effort to release the player tackled! Refs are so hot on that these days. Penalty for garrapatas.

28

garrapatas try to move the ball wide. The ball is passed from to to to . It's all too lateral, and a bit too obvious though, and is ready and waiting. They'll need to be a bit more creative than that to break down the defence.

27

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

25

The conversion is missed, though.

24

What a try! garrapatas take the ball forward. passes to on the alto dos gaios 22. He drops his head and charges for the posts, powering through the tackles of and , finishing the move off by sliding gracefully over the line for 5 points. Good display of strength there.

23

Turnover. garrapatas now has possession and the backs are ready for a new attack.

22

What a tackle! alto dos gaios's is stopped dead by .

21

It's a long way out, but points at the posts. He lines the ball up on the tee and sets himself for the kick. Well struck, but the ball drifts just to the left of the posts. He cops some flak from the crowd for that miss. How embarassing - that might teach him not to call his shots in the future.

20

gets penalised for not rolling away. You have to at least make an effort to release the player tackled! Refs are so hot on that these days. Penalty for garrapatas.

19

runs right at the defense like a wild man. bounces right off him, but manages to bring him down.

18

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

Inside alto dos gaios's 22, sees running flat out into a gap and delivers a deft pass. Simple try there. alto dos gaios's defense needs to pay more attention when they are backed up against their try line like that.

14

Beautiful phase for garrapatas! starts the move off with a quick pass to . There are dummy runners everywhere, and alto dos gaios look lost out there. puts in a long pass to who takes the ball on for 10 metres before passing back inside to and at last . He's stopped but the ball isn't lost, giving a new phase for garrapatas to come.

13

signals to his forwards to stay behind the ball and sends a hanging kick in their direction. Both and jump for the catch, but both players have misjudged the flight of the ball and it sails over their heads. is the first to react, scooping up the loose ball on the first bounce.

11

The conversion by is missed, though.

10

busts straight through the poor tackling of and , drawing the last defender in before tossing a deft pass to , who runs the last 10 meters and dives over the try line unopposed. Brilliant try!

9

garrapatas have retained possession as their players were quick and picked up the loose ball. They'll be able to attack again

8

garrapatas's scrum half is smashed by . That run was so telegraphed that the postal service want to charge him for it!

7

It's a scrum to garrapatas. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but garrapatas still win the ball.

6

passes, but the ball fails to reach .

5

alto dos gaios almost had a player sin-binned for slowing the ball down, but missed a simple chance from the resulting penalty.

4

Penalty to garrapatas! The ref is doing a decent impression of a man hugging a fridge.. i guess that didn't release the tackled player.

3

passes to , but, despite his recent involvement in the local version of Dancing with the Stars, he doesn't have the silky smooth moves necessary to outstep .

2

Scrum for alto dos gaios. It's a good feed, but garrapatas put in a mighty shove. They're pushing alto dos gaios off the ball. They've taken one against the head. Fabulous work by the garrapatas front row!

1

sets off running with the ball in both hands. He drops his shoulder and powers through the tackle of before sending the ball across to in the centre. He makes a dummy pass to his left before throwing the ball right tp , but the dummy seemed to fool his own player just as much as it fooled the opposition! clearly wasn't expecting the pass and knocks on.

0

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

15:56

The players are coming out onto the water-logged pitch. The torrential rain will make that ball very slippery!

81

End of the match! Victory to the visitors in this game. The match ends at 0 - 57.

79

The conversion by is missed, though.

78

77

garrapatas have stolen alto dos gaios's lineout ball! mistimed his jump, and got his hands to it first. Good work by garrapatas at that lineout!

76

75

It's a scrum to garrapatas. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but garrapatas still win the ball.

74

73

with the kick from halfway.. has got his positioning all wrong and takes an easy catch. garrapatas will be on the front foot here.

71

The conversion is missed. The crowd is giving him some flak, he really should have nailed that one.

70

69

takes the kickoff. takes the ball in the air right in front of , who wasn't aggressive enough.

67

had a chance to put two points on the board, but he seemed to hurry his conversion attempt and pushed it wide.

66

65

It's a scrum to garrapatas. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but garrapatas still win the ball.

64

63

Looseball: and were quicker than and

62

61

signals to his forwards to stay behind the ball and sends a hanging kick in their direction. Both and jump for the catch, but both players have misjudged the flight of the ball and it sails over their heads. is the first to react, scooping up the loose ball on the first bounce.

59

The conversion by is missed, though.

58

57

Scrum for alto dos gaios. It's a good feed, but garrapatas put in a mighty shove. They're pushing alto dos gaios off the ball. They've taken one against the head. Fabulous work by the garrapatas front row!

56

55

with the kick from halfway.. has got his positioning all wrong and takes an easy catch. garrapatas will be on the front foot here.

53

The conversion is missed. The crowd is giving him some flak, he really should have nailed that one.

52

51

It's a scrum, and alto dos gaios are in a bit of trouble here. Their hooker has popped up and garrapatas are driving them off the ball. That's one against the head for garrapatas.

50

49

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

47

The conversion by is missed.

46

45

Ruck won by , and against , and !

44

43

That's a safe throw to the front of the lineout for alto dos gaios. At least it was supposed to be, but gets up in front of and steals the ball from right under his nose!

42

41

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

22

40+2

The conversion by is missed, though.

40+1

40

Ruck won by , and against , and !

39

38

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

36

The conversion attempt by bounces off the right hand post and goes wide.

35

34

Looseball: and were quicker than and

33

32

Looseball: and were quicker than and

31

30

It's a long way out, but points at the posts. He lines the ball up on the tee and sets himself for the kick. Well struck, but the ball drifts just to the left of the posts. He cops some flak from the crowd for that miss. How embarassing - that might teach him not to call his shots in the future.

29

gets penalised for not rolling away. You have to at least make an effort to release the player tackled! Refs are so hot on that these days. Penalty for garrapatas.

28

27

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

25

The conversion is missed, though.

24

23

Looseball: and were quicker than and

22

21

It's a long way out, but points at the posts. He lines the ball up on the tee and sets himself for the kick. Well struck, but the ball drifts just to the left of the posts. He cops some flak from the crowd for that miss. How embarassing - that might teach him not to call his shots in the future.

20

gets penalised for not rolling away. You have to at least make an effort to release the player tackled! Refs are so hot on that these days. Penalty for garrapatas.

19

18

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.

signals to his forwards to stay behind the ball and sends a hanging kick in their direction. Both and jump for the catch, but both players have misjudged the flight of the ball and it sails over their heads. is the first to react, scooping up the loose ball on the first bounce.

11

The conversion by is missed, though.

10

9

Looseball: and were quicker than and

8

7

It's a scrum to garrapatas. It's wheeling around as the ball is fed in, but garrapatas still win the ball.

6

5

alto dos gaios almost had a player sin-binned for slowing the ball down, but missed a simple chance from the resulting penalty.

4

Penalty to garrapatas! The ref is doing a decent impression of a man hugging a fridge.. i guess that didn't release the tackled player.

3

2

Scrum for alto dos gaios. It's a good feed, but garrapatas put in a mighty shove. They're pushing alto dos gaios off the ball. They've taken one against the head. Fabulous work by the garrapatas front row!

1

0

takes the kickoff, launching the ball high into the air over alto dos gaios stadium. positions himself well, and takes the ball in the air right in front of . Good hands from the garrapatas player there.